Show M arazim ff HIL WM william i 0 S t by WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE C copyright by william rain vv serl L CHAPTER XII continued 17 flunks Sl Shu I 1 dunt don I 1 think a thing thin g nothing lit its it I 1 just shot off in illy mouth ion don t be sore about it slap fillip saddles on the apol nie 11 start atari I 1 im I 1 m not going it ft took tin minutes of cons coal tiff fag to got get tier her to rient harmony restored roith rol an and audited the horses Cl dossing lineup pass they tie de to 0 o the mesa tibo dhove L the lit p anted disert the horais hoofs floor hung flung up bolds of fine dust in tile the fringe frine of isolation illy be the mesa and tile the mimi camp 1 I as sure enough cot ton told ithel after tie he lift had drunk to tio klissas Klis ses of tie loin jell made III Ile sl B e hindin for thein duan do n lit in the basin sh B div if v as ra lot oili it laly this ali title ie of year 11 llan ill n midian had not I passed ann nil afford ll Tord told lold them thein so ho kiy feat bill on tile the porch fin and altti for ailin aue am a attitude altitude toward lir nigh bors bora ailts M is chelel li ii aed ilir cc k lie wish will ilicin had bud alx tit lie liri lr that had till d in her tit alie ili 11 tw or of hual ft I 1 ahe tie manner lit in chih st sl e greeta the world wits was I 1 ass sa hist lie al migny if fly of tile kindly ili pu t pie file 0 to o ili cd on tile adge of ille hie I 1 ind tome collie ir 0 lir etli alth abai tits ti if little but in ill 11 lit lilt find and had conti ked to st hint ile be ImA olles I 1 III ough ali anns if s ait choin boi 11 if filth I 1 it h in tier her run ran it ti alna I 1 if I 1 of its t 1 sti I 1 new that tin lily of ittel I 1 t I 1 el 1111 if it I 1 of lit arsi f lift 1 I done mud to alle ail daie e SD A clitis hare ire of fit id t c all ind i the J rose in ill tn lit i wit wh site she f it all 11 hr ilfe slit site oali iid ile ho that eclie flad fl 1 I t P hut hat st e imd 1 sit I c had I 1 tin in ro 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d that ned ed tip he 11 old trull trail if ftfe A lid did hut I 1 rL alin In it 11 be fill all ri lit ht lift IK t allowan to biang hi ing Is arii hack fill it us just busl noi fo mere A e re ant r I 1 I 1 1 t 11 dt dd 1 I 1 itt 1 1 ili lill ilo do nna tiling thing to alil uldine akillo lie to look after tile the lioy hoy ile he the inch arre tit he made rt feri we to so an ili r b ram 10 11 1 if am TV orv Z q I 1 il ck i you 11 II look after phil wont won it you he hest s only a boy on his mind nil not I 1 ans tellin ni I 1 fits bis bilk lk ith oil ni PS e C sit himml I 1 I 1 a fill c of I 1 ap pp ue ile site she ellid I 1 lit in arp sl gl ul til I 1 ur ar a na I 1 n I 1 n annd r 0 it 11 t L I 1 is ich afir lit 11 1 ni I 1 1 nn i wt in br ollir ii if i if tie lie t it I 1 IK f r i le ie I 1 id d aper lift it n ii if imi a ciui 11 ansi iu ai I 1 aut lif it its a to 1 I aan ac c it 1 pin ill tre tre t it 0 it if 1 ii 1 1 biad 1 01 1 l iv 1 lemd 1 ht e arhl clurn 11 arid mil mure r e to t u I 1 it rs t til in 1 n to 0 him hill I 1 uther ither tin in t at i t 0 air t r tl ti t I 1 rm k it they hill oath each whir lin imi I 1 re is Follie tl if el ein than late hate I 1 expect mr stark knotts that now if 11 there they know about things heie bete likely thIr liate hurt them a lot snore more than they let on 1 tat a i what hat I 1 think did your taller fatter tell you about how flow I 1 her dp ets met tits lila and through lilii hat mant nt a thrill that ills pulses ills drum filing heart beat the file tidings s that eliat tie fie wonted tt if Is lody girl so quick and albrant with life so BO passionately desirous of the line fine thena it had to ti offer eol to take hr her tor for ills his mate and spend the e ars of ills his we life beside tier her let lie he know tt it out kulii not be ilire wnm wj it chasin ll eflin and hei bet that could not be beg I 1 understand that too its the only iny you could feel hut flat member that night t rode neross tile the di fait tog together ther nn in talked about how it it hid id got us 19 liow flow it gilld us ua tough nn an fe roi roc I 1 tits ms tin nn hurst harst ill itar that 1 I fillip of caflin nil fill liv li iw you sidd it 11 ili nd mothr sido aldo too for from froin tint thit try dry masip mine little I 1 lor tin nn fit file he tent t put anie doilis ahn the air MIS its nil all rise rc c aloi lot oil ed till an pink an imp 1 ve a heart about that in an you it alas ns tit 11 ta fth our tile too tco it 11 A po hill I 1 in if tit at Is 19 lils fills that if tile the cledt Ille 4 us gatina and hardy if it gives and art uj ui how flow to follis folks ly it i build t ali 1 I ii ili an lie die ill anile 1 ile ury try lun litle biang I 1 t into in an qui file I 1 to US use I 1 ire re tit atit jonm valc A e at f I 1 to 10 lit il ont on tills this thirsty il fi filter ne e il live ile e chere herc arc e re if I 1 N ays bt aili f ini tie I 1 e flush lit sh of teth aei e pa to to stanl libat an all tin an hank ilila lill or kt off on thc jhc inep all feun nier my illy hestir hig h is if lan tn rafn to cul lit tit alic liori irl ouan I 1 er g it den but IL 11 3 still th taiti i c I 1 no tl ita t its tuli tile e tile beniga bl mid find tile hie holin find tilt slip all suture tire ches hoole nn fin liibs nn an si edd t tit to those thoe of aker chii till died tint thil lidd elli cm A il ei larrs to so go a cupl i beks ath alth tit lit billie aci line ay ill dog doga un tin 0 o otas ir if they coul coal in t bland tl trat tt py I 1 I 1 ina NO ino etli ill us LIS ce e rot got to cimet tile lie put iut choles si It thing horn born n us tig aliis it 5 8 ith us lin 1111 lien hell c e rit gi LIS as leather hiie ii ie nil fill I 1 leslil ill inside ile inac li on t tie e try dry lepart leP rt things t tike ile a ion tittle to lot I 1 e C stan tonsil vho aho ilo lind claim hedrig ilien one once aou got to them lie fie efing laughed golpl at I 1 in not attan but aon ano know ahat lint I 1 mean I 1 leg es I 1 10 lo do I 1 slit slip told him and it iti q true irue ahey ell cil ur mr beono a killer ler but id trust lafin put but I 1 unit I 1 no io boti boure re rl 1 l t about flitner lie ile all alltis ilk to the loho family I 1 acel if all nell be along I 1 1 I dont don t think iou blin bilang to the lobo fanilla mr air locating lo Catin slie site told falln y I 1 lid did oine oin e but bill I 1 tip P liand lin nd my illy mind 1 heir lel jenel hiis ini t much for that I 1 lie re rite ailed in the mirml of tile the south fill land 1 do d if I 1 rt 1 I on I 1 id 1 I letter better tt till 11 ou what I 1 till lull I 1 k if ion into tier her 1 ank I if 1 v pus t s there if 11 islieb n it ira 1 pink linit sh die buck blk if cpr r i ulm 1 flut ti rink dilill allta n ss to hii hig onil om in loll ion 1 lend ell 1 I s 11 ils 9 hie ip two to II 11 giors iian row 1 I a I 1 oaid fit in 11 t tie hie rom rond ahll N allson M flat allot dilill artill astnik 1 fit dl I 1 not tl it kl id I 1 r 1 in nl lit ill hi nip DIP K c lan iliin hv lardin ardin iti 1 n 11 on ti ohp it I 1 hilll side junr 1 1 ie e h hid it I 1 si P an t I 1 li him st r ar I I 1 in n ti alie le 1 in 11 lilt 11 ll trull trail t 1 1 llie lie lerl leri leliand she lie its pit elt Mt lill n I 1 lip lie liln idin lit ani ml ird oo of otillo tIllo lilt I 1 of 1 I I 1 no i lo louir iwi cwi the tie if quite tion in into if f the I 1 nid ipe r iw n ml 11 rp re still t 0 to o ile e sin L 11 mul i n S 1 fill bin i ill rit t ruh mis ills s in I 1 i I 1 Jiin I 1 j n I 1 lir pr aill iid lit fit ilat clr sti iolli nr lii tint and I 1 lie rid rs rg i i M t 1 d I if ih i 1 h it si P it ian n lid oe me of flip ills ith ll 11 c it lumps lq of and ns as still 1 ilgard pint artire tile the sly 13 line I 1 ile li in i I 1 r up I 1 i tit tilt hilia hill clio cho sin fit f r r tile the lo 10 11 mill I 1 ilk 11 k alle I 1 i c I 1 i grew in pi 1 1 e f I 1 tir nr v i ml 1 I lilt 1 h N sav I 1 id li n 1 its lar lir it 11 I 1 ILI id I 1 be limit nt nn re it the e ionuti in ili in r di i blidt 11 i 1 ink 01 ol 1111 i 1 1111 if lit in I 1 the he air I 1 ill i 11 hi lid i i il fit f it I 1 till in 1 fri tilli n fire ire k li I 1 le ie 11 s i till ni i I 1 n tit in I 1 I 1 llie file I 1 I 1 isi rol roi f i tit nd r n I 1 I 1 11 I 1 i i r s 4 t 11 1 fl an fn in ill tin tilt I 1 i 1 1 li i 1 1 I 1 1 I tile the in ill is nit 1 li i 1 w it r fi 11 II 11 p bpi if n f i iii 11 r tl if i I 1 d n t IK n 1 li in 1 it N 1 d I ou oil lit to r i it i i I 1 I 1 up iv n I 1 it in 0 1 k 11 li t 11 sn dilill I 1 inui a I 1 daurt esiff 1 sin 1 1 1114 I 1 Is in id pi ill r lo 10 d on if i 1 it I L i 1 11 I table pot of his idd lie 1 I 1 it if ie get an early start 11 ahey wire up before daybreak I 1 lie fie sun aun wits was just peeping over the alde when nicann the din mond hitch with tile the lash rope it was possible though not probable pio bable thul that at any tinte time they might light jump up lie rustlers rust lera cattle they rode wildly warily follow in ridges ft where here they could so flint they could mth their eyes as aa mikh us as was feasible canon opened before thin after an hour or two of travel walls walla shut them thein into a delile defile narrow lind and tortuous as up tiny fifty moved in single hie file rite soll soil was a lid clay formation I 1 1 louse muse atit wed the of the file lung filing doo donn ages ago ft orn tl lit 0 if hights bights nb ab e hie I 1 lie trall dismounted and stud i led tile raundi roun rn ll 1 sure ure enough hire had been cattle attle liere here and prints of hoists I 1 loafs bho cd ill tint it had apen driven daiv ii and had not by di chaale unc aha I 1 tits they a alady enow by the testimony of tile the iaci liny I 1 aly I 1 the llie eluh gra for se be sen N el binl I 1 11 hip walls ol ollied tied out so 90 that tile the sun ill hi lit fit d awn upon the aldas anil and baked them there was as tio no shade rhe file only showing wits was the creosote cre sote clinging to tit hi rodis even tills this was nas so scarce arce 1111 and I 1 stunt stunted d A bend in the tanon brought them to a duap clump of benall pines fillies A hi L 1 I ring emerged float a 11 bastil 0 in the red stone strata lebn the other lider ilder lold hold I 1 rill it I 1 lets ili alte e it a look to 0 h before we ne incus up tip tiny bialis till eliat may be here alti swung lown grounded tilt the ains of the I 1 arst orsis 9 brough thron I 1 gli the I 1 led ed sit sand nil ran a 1 I ell tralis tracks of cililo friders lie inen hotd comard slowly to the ani drip soil surrounding the lie illio il allio arlt lIo M nt lahon as looking tor for tie lie found ills ilia fiti cr out it 11 Il larli llie I 1 ile boot evl vi dently inich run cr on oil tile the out dle ni 11 alit ho had cl badly orn ora I 1 ahe lie print of fit in sane ane ro foot of ss as also in nn nil ther moist spot helow below he S it li if id bein made by a very inri t 10 ait oit t some flits fills fire are light fight carcI til sure ure isip I 1 allo ihrl stomped ston ipPI that till tink la Is a 11 OllI lerable al ij puy guy ile he hill ought to be careful ante tc le ties his nature if he fie ki s w what lints s good fr fir joint tie lie it 11 v rite it tit in mexico ailcy I 1 bionto I 1 onto I 1 I 1 looks ilk alki L I 1 tes e 4 adir ohp en I 1 of ills hig trull trall here now were on to him hell not lust last I 1 ng I 1 id d sai rhey hillst te ile fifille up near here N nit t so fit fur r uva lahon spoke apparently without baress I 1 alire knows these thee mountains pretty well nell I 1 expect loll 1011 ou think its it s fultner I 1 ill t it was nas though the llie cords aked is a benr hi thit it lad been in tits his own mind I 1 loohn IOU ion know glan ian rb big feet an how flow ills his hoots are run over oer nt at the beal I 1 lilt bm h n emde no n anser ism er A dla dis thu glit had find found hodg lod in 11 lila ills nand ill me de so 90 full of ill III clemn that the inisi inu lea beneath his I 1 irl septie sep tiu to ime am e aln way ay it if itar its as tie ne of the rustlers arul andi lie ni longer it for a rio no amt t sinal so it n i n anns i it tile the evidence e at li 11 in I 1 was ling I 1 asir higo one ine f tit alic 11 I 1 HIP lip I 1 hoti fit t f it shook lit his bourage 1 in re otiis its nothing admirable in hi tits bis butler lie nothing tiling that lint ns a bo tip lie ou kulil lit look ill iii to ns as nn an sample lut hut it ails if liu lp fittin worthless ness to batile tl fIng almost the ort iline on it the d declet L et in tile land Is it me ill n ajnik to io flee fice tile that his lit s son on nil klitte te gallt of it it us iriny teensee reci inse of this thit allon hid bid bitners bitile if tile 1 toy kly had ad to meet lee sue such n file r it uig aas ix h ater tint tit it lie he should ha llop elmp chilt to ui ulon on it frt art 1 11 I 1 Is wi t 3 ore J 1 1 I lilt hil I 1 tile the r inin in in sald said presently present li loll 1011 ou rifle ride ho hone no on art tell lell jl jin n I 1 erby nn nil i dine ion to inept nie nt at the fill lit 11 of ohp r c mi 1113 on in tl two 1 dio I IN III stick litro around tind nn fill do some scout in till til they orne onie I 1 lilt hll fooht I 1 him in the t ne e it 8 mv jl 11 roudi intili as aa it Is ouia if jou ou thought it alls w is nii jh J ih tbt erd erdi ahat m idt s ny taday to illy its it s oil noil N thing liah has 0 di dimind it ind in 1 I fr if as 9 1 ca ann cnn n sop see 1 h v cie I 1 adli th ing of tit tin annie thin tl it it ine of the ineil its whose alio e trill tr ill they wire tol lowin loNin ail hi ile ie I 1 ii gilr iset Lr r iut ill t N I 1 ll Is hii it not rifer to hs lit biars cars nii am 1 e than tie lie amov alo coull ciui elti I 1 i tn chev tile the tittle n 11 ip I 1 tin fill 11 1 nn if HP I 1 I 1 aliis ills Is liable to te ne a b h gi i r I 1 il ik i k than I 1 hail find illert hamd 1 I if e p die it i 0 u ill with i ith git er tit 11 II go to st till sive sine I 1 ri 1 n wo C more crip it 11 ml if ingried pl almli lon on co td lit t d it tin in ill around nn nil mabit wi IF ir r aou 1 manns I ann q 1 briwn r n all w I 1 lie ile toothed smile oe ile vas as not very fur far with the boy I 1 I 1 celan re reil it toda a docile dodl ledu do all t ou I 1 11 in not clil linin to le be high lov jal find the game gaine but 1 I in 11 ol 01 ler than ou to nie file li s my lly say bay so afraid I 1 wont keep my end did up so ion 11 ll it me to turn in ma DI astling of horses phil asked using slug the figgie figuie of speech of the puncher on tile the trull trail no bir not a bit afraid of that le I 1 no a notion yoila d go fi laough from h 1 to but like I 1 sal bill I 1 tills 3 altner s a lend lead er ile hell 11 lime liae four live five fc llos with will I 1 hill tin il fill of tin till tough nuts to crack my aly notion la Is for you to go I 1 tik till nn pick up some soine of the bo q sav curt urt quinn an stone an ceib yeigi an my illy I 1 d 4 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